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For any switch not set the program uses the defaults set in run_module, so go ahead and ignore them if you like.

Modules:

cidtv - I originally wrote this at the request of a Trickey for series 1 user. It's a subset of my cidrss program for Tivowebplus 2.1, and as configured shows the last five calls. To show more (if your screen will fit it) simply include the number of calls as an argument, ie: /hacks/trickeyplus/run_module cidtv 10

weather - uses the Weatherbug API, so it should be a reliable feed. Provides current conditions and forecast for any zip (syntax above)

news - displays news updates using the Reuters RSS feeds. Available categories are: business, entertainment, international, politics, sports, tech, usnews, topnews (default). Just drop it in the trickeyplus directory and add a shortcut to trickeyplus.conf, ie:
run_module news usnews
I'd recommend using text2osd, since it fits so much more text on screen. You can add that to the shortcut:
run_module news tech -osd text2osd

menu - shows the current shortcuts. I mapped this to "clear,clear,clear" to make it easy to remember.

cls - clear the screen. It's mapped to exit, exit, exit and would even work with other programs that display text (such as TWP 2.1's Screentext module.)

viewfile - rudimentary file viewer. Specify 'tail' to see the end of the file, ie: /hacks/trickeyplus/run_module viewfile /var/log/cron.log tail

Finally, many thanks to alldeadhomiez for routerplus, tivo4mevo for trickeyplus, and btux9 for 'has' function (as well as anything else I might have nicked from TWP)

Last edited by djl; 03-28-2009 at 09:45 AM.
Reason: new version 0.2.00

A bit about osd programs

All Tivos come with text2osd, but the output from that program leaves a lot to be desired. For that reason, the addon scripts look for out2osd and newtext2osd before dropping back to use text2osd. Out2osd comes with ncid and works well, although some of the colors seem a little washed-out on my TV. Newtext2osd hasn't been supported for a long time, but also looks good. Whichever one you use, make sure it's available on the path; otherwise, the addons won't be able to find it.
Out2osd and newtext2osd (I think) also support truetype fonts, but I'm not using those for the simple reason that it's murder to line up columns.

Graphic weather page

I also messed around with doing a graphical version of the weather page with a 'fly' script. The big problem was the font; it's not very readable. Does anyone have experience with that program (I used the one from Xybre's package)?

I need a few more details: what info do you see at the command prompt? Do you see anything on screen when you run one of the modules? The addons don't need to be loaded in advance, but you need to have trickeyplus installed and running if you want to use your remote to get this stuff on screen (which is the whole point, anyway.)

Originally Posted by spnewman

I am having trouble getting this to work, I followed the instructions how to install, I can see info if I enter a command prompt, but I don't know where to start it, and how to view it? Help please!

I'm still not sure what you're asking, exactly. The instructions are in the first post, but I'll try to explain it differently:

Trickeyplus is a program that lets you assign key combinations on your remote to run programs on your Tivo. It provides the same function for Series 2 Tivos that an old program called Trickey did for Series 1. You need to install Trickeyplus and get it working correctly before you do anything else. A link to the thread is in the first post.

Copy this library into the Trickeyplus directory (it will overwrite a file named trickeyplus.conf).

The file called run_module has all the user defaults. Changes are optional.

If you installed to a directory other than /hacks/trickeyplus, you'll have to change each of the lines in trickeyplus.conf. Unless I'm mistaken, trickeyplus.conf has to have the full path for each command. ./ won't work. (Tivo4mevo?) Also, you'll want to put your own zip code in each of the weather lines.

If Trickeyplus is running, restart it.

That's pretty much it. Once you've done all that, pressing "clear 8 clear" on your remote will give you your local weather forecast, "clear 9 clear" is your current conditions, etc. Sorry if the installation is a bit unwieldy (although if you put it in the default directory it's really not a big deal.) Has anyone else had success with it so far?

For me, Caller-ID and weather were the two biggies, but if anyone has a suggestion for another module I'm willing to listen.

Originally Posted by spnewman

ok I got it to work if I enter command prompts ex. ./ menu.tcl or ./ weather.tcl, which then displays on the screen, Where is the command prompt to start?

New version 0.1.10

I posted a new version (0.1.10) at the top of this thread. It includes the news module and a new 'clear screen' shortcut. Also, the installation has been simplified: there's no longer any need to specify the installation directory in run_module.

New version 0.2.00

New in this version (download in post #1):

Slideshow - modules that output more than one screen of information will now cycle through the screens automatically. To skip to the next one without waiting, use the 'clear screen' function (exit exit exit). If you'd rather have the old behavior (show the first page only), set -allpages to 0.

Viewfile - rudimentary file viewer. Use 'tail' switch to see end of file.

BTW, thanks Moosh . The problem with fly is that I can't find any information about using fonts other than the built-in one.

Here's a fix to run_module, if you're having any trouble with the menu function. Also, in version 0.2 the path to cidcall.log is wrong (I forgot to change it back after I finished testing a feature.) You'll probably want to change it back to /var/log/cidcall.log.